Wi had a 65, Estes, Harman, Herman and Sabbatini shot 66, and Fisher had a 69.

Organizers moved up the third-round tee times Saturday to try to dodge a threat of rain, with players going off in threesomes at the first and 10th tees.

Reed, the 23-year-old former college player at Georgia and Augusta State, had top-10 finishes in his last two tournaments.

He closed his round with birdies on the eighth and ninth holes, sinking a 10-foot putt to applause from the gallery and walking off the green with his arm around Justine’s shoulder.

She began caddying for him last summer before a Monday qualifying tourney in Houston.

“I told her to read putts for me that day, and she just has a knack for reading greens extremely well,” Reed said. “It’s basically like my coach being out there with me. She knows just as much about the golf swing. She knows why I hit it left or right or anything like that, so I mean, if ever I get out of whack, she can fix me immediately.”

Reed has a history on Donald Ross-designed courses in North Carolina. He reached the semifinals of the 2008 U.S. Amateur on Ross’ No. 2 course at Pinehurst, and the first cut he made on the tour came at this Sedgefield Country Club course two years ago after receiving a sponsor’s exemption.

DICK’S SPORTING GOODS: At Endicott, N.Y., Kenny Perry shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-shot lead after the first round.

Perry, the Senior Players and U.S. Senior Open winner this summer who is chasing his third victory of the year on the Champions Tour, had three birdies over the final four holes to surge past Bart and Brad Bryant and Joel Edwards.